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Review
. 2019 Apr 2;7(5):1555-1563.
doi: 10.1002/fsn3.1012. eCollection 2019 May.

A comprehensive review on the determination of enzymatic assay and nonenzymatic antioxidant activities

Zainol Haida  1 , Mansor Hakiman  1
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Review

A comprehensive review on the determination of enzymatic assay and nonenzymatic antioxidant activities

Zainol Haida et al. Food Sci Nutr. .

Abstract

This review article presents a comprehensive review pertaining to antioxidants and various assays that determined enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidants. Antioxidants have gained attention at the global scale on its prominent beneficial roles that can fight against many chronic infirmities, including cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Many studies have investigated different types of samples, such as medicinal plants, fruits, and vegetables, by using various antioxidant assays. Antioxidants can be grouped into enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidants. To date, most studies had looked into nonenzymatic antioxidants due to lack of references on enzymatic antioxidant assays. Therefore, this review article depicts on seven assays of enzymatic antioxidants (superoxide dismutase, catalase, peroxidase, ascorbate peroxidase, ascorbate oxidase, guaiacol peroxidase, and glutathione reductase) and fifteen activities of nonenzymatic antioxidants (total polyphenol, total phenolic acids, total flavonoids, total ascorbic acid, anthocyanin content, DPPH scavenging activity, FRAP assay, hydrogen peroxide scavenging activity, nitric oxide scavenging activity, superoxide radical scavenging activity, hydroxyl radical scavenging activity, phosphomolybdate assay, reducing power, metal ion chelating activity, and β-carotene), which are described in detail to ease further investigations on antioxidants in future.

Keywords: antioxidant; enzymatic assay; free radical; nonenzymatic assay.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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